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SECTION 301 – ADMINISTRATION
301.1.4.2  Replace item 2 as follow:
301.1.4.2  Compliance with reduced International Building Code-level seismic forces.
   2.   Except where these requirements are triggered by Section 403.12, structures or portions of structures that comply with the requirements of the applicable chapter in Appendix A as specified in Items 2.1 through 2.5 and subject to the limitations of the respective Appendix A chapters shall be deemed to comply with this section.
301.2  Add the following section:
301.2  Minimum Lateral Force for Existing Buildings.
301.2.1  General.  This section is applicable to existing buildings when invoked by SFEBC Section 403. This section may be used as a standard for voluntary upgrades.
   An existing building or structure which has been brought into compliance with the lateral force resistance requirements of the San Francisco Building Code in effect on or after the dates shown in Table 301.2.1, shall be deemed to comply with this section except when a vertical extension or other alterations are to be made which would increase the mass or reduce the seismic resistance capacity of the building or structure. Where multiple building types apply, the later applicable date shall be used. Where none of the building types apply, compliance shall be at the discretion of the Director. Building type definitions are given in ASCE 41-13, Table 3-1.
   TABLE 301.2.1 – DATES REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE BUILDING COMPLIANCE
Building Type
Date of Compliance
Model Code (for reference)
Wood Frame, wood shear panels (Types W1 & W2)
1/1/1984
UBC 1976
Wood Frame, wood shear panels (Type W1A)
7/1/1999
UBC 1997
   Floor areas greater than 3,000 ft2 per level
 
 
Steel moment-resisting frame (Types S1 & S1a)
12/28/1995
UBC 1994
Steel concentrically braced frame (Types S2 & S2a)
7/1/1999
UBC 1997
Steel eccentrically braced frame (Types S2 & S2a)
1/1/1990
UBC 1988
Buckling-restrained braced frame (Types S2 &S2a)
1/1/2008
IBC 2006
Light metal frame (Type S3)
1/1/2008
IBC 2006
Steel frame w/ concrete shear walls (Type S4)
12/28/1995
UBC 1994
Steel plate shear wall (Type S6)
1/1/2008
IBC 2006
Reinforced concrete moment-resisting frame (Type C1)
12/28/1995
UBC 1994
Reinforced concrete shear walls (Types C2 & C2a)
12/28/1995
UBC 1994
Tilt-up concrete (Types PC1 & PC1a)
7/1/1999
UBC 1997
Precast concrete frame (Types PC2 & PC2a)
1/1/2008
IBC 2006
Reinforced masonry (Type RM1)
7/1/1999
UBC 1997
   Flexible diaphragms
 
 
Reinforced masonry (Type RM2)
12/28/1995
UBC 1994
   Stiff diaphragms
 
 
Seismic isolation or passive dissipation
7/1/1992
UBC 1991
 
301.2.2  Wind forces.  Buildings and structures shall be capable of resisting wind forces as prescribed in San Francisco Building Code Section 1609.
301.2.3  Seismic forces.  Buildings and structures shall comply with the reduced International Building Code-level seismic forces, as defined in Section 301.1.4.2. The building separation limitations of Section ASCE 7-10 Section 12.12.3 need not be considered.
   When upper floors are exempted from compliance by Section 403.12.2, the lateral forces generated by their masses shall be included in the analysis and design of the lateral force resisting systems for the strengthened floor. Such forces may be applied to the floor level immediately above the topmost strengthened floor and distributed in that floor in a manner consistent with the construction and layout of the exempted floor.